試煉

Chinese

		to test; to try; experiment to test; to try; experiment; examination; test	refine; smelt
trad. (試煉)		試	煉
simp. (试炼)		试	炼

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìliàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si³ lin⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhṳ-lien / sṳ-lien
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhì-liān

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìliàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄌㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhliàn
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-lien⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-lyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhliann
  - Palladius: шилянь (šiljanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ li̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si³ lin⁶
  - Yale: si lihn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si³ lin⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi³ lin⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː³³ liːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhṳ-lien / sṳ-lien
  - Hakka Romanization System: cii lien / sii lien
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ci⁴ lian⁴ / si⁴ lian⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ li̯en⁵⁵/, /sɨ⁵⁵ li̯en⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhì-liān
  - Tâi-lô: tshì-liān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chielien
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴¹ liɛn³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁴² liɛn²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰi¹¹⁻⁵³ liɛn³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰi²¹⁻⁵³ liɛn²²/

Verb

試煉

to put to the test; to put in a trial
- (Can we date this quote?), “耶和華的心”‎^[1]performed by 有情天音樂:
  
  試煉中祂的恩典夠額扶持咱 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  试炼中祂的恩典够额扶持咱 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  chhì-liān tiong I ê un-tián kàu-gia̍h hû-chhî lán [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  In trials, His grace is enough to support us

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (試煉):

→ Japanese: 試(し)練(れん) (shiren)